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      09-12-2017, 10:29 AM   #30
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I would say AMG and M were on the same level 10 years ago. Today AMG is so far ahead that M is a mere spec of dust in its rear view mirror. Sad considering that BMW M is the reason Mercedes AMG even exists today.
BMW M founded in 1972
AMG founded in 1967
BMW overall opened on 1916 while merc opened on 1926.
Yet Daimler built the first internal combustion car. We can iterate this all day, but MB started this whole thing and AMG was relevant a full decade before M got around to having Lamborghini build a handful of M1s.
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